Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.

If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, believe not because you have been made to believe from you childhood, but reason truth out, and after you have analyzed it, then if you find it will do good to one and all, believe it, live up to it and help others live up to it.

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.